Disruption of narH, narJ, and moaE inhibits heterotrophic nitrification in Pseudomonas strain M19

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 6462-6465

  Nemergut, D R ^a   Schmidt, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION;

NITRATE REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

MICROBIOLOGY;

NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE DISRUPTION; MOAE GENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NARH GENE; NARJ GENE; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; NITROGEN; PSEUDOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0036951932     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.12.6462-6465.2002     Document Type: Article

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